I love mine, I've beaten the tar out of it and it's never given me a lick of trouble. Bought it back in about 2005, and use it regularly. A little on the slow side, but speed doesn't bother me. I've also been told that they are made by Mile Marker.

A freind runs the H F 9000# on his mud truck,Im amazed how hard it pulls.I've seen him drag that thing out of some huge holes.He buys the extended warrentee,and gets it replaced,right before the warrenty exspires,never had one fail yet.

A freind runs the H F 9000# on his mud truck,Im amazed how hard it pulls.I've seen him drag that thing out of some huge holes.He buys the extended warrentee,and gets it replaced,right before the warrenty exspires,never had one fail yet.

Has it failed or is he just trading it in before the warranty expires? If so, what he is doing is wrong and immoral.

Warn just came out with a line of winches to go against the Chinese imports. Maybe one of the local vendors will have a competitive price for them.
It looks like 8000# is $479 - $80 rebate = $400 for a WARN winch! Not to bad if you ask me.

just another thing to think about, but you can get the smitty built XRC8 for less than the price of the harbor freight winch. I paid $290 with a free winch cover on ebay from truckaddons. Its been great on my XJ, my buddy had had the XRC8 on his YJ for years now and its plenty strong enough, i have seen him winch directly to the right of his winch and pull the jeep up on its side when he fell thru the ice (the winch was also under water). Its a great winch for the price and at least then your buying brand name. You wont be let down by its pulling power, plenty enough power for a YJ

just another thing to think about, but you can get the smitty built XRC8 for less than the price of the harbor freight winch. I paid $290 with a free winch cover on ebay from truckaddons. Its been great on my XJ, my buddy had had the XRC8 on his YJ for years now and its plenty strong enough, i have seen him winch directly to the right of his winch and pull the jeep up on its side when he fell thru the ice (the winch was also under water). Its a great winch for the price and at least then your buying brand name. You wont be let down by its pulling power, plenty enough power for a YJ

It seems that the with shipping price makes it more than $300. More like $320 - $360 range.